SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) saw short interest fall by 9.5% to 20.36 million shares, or 8.5% of the company’s float.

Short interest in Broadcom Corp. (BRCM) rose 9% to 13.7 million shares. That is 2.6% of the total float.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) posted a 13.9% increase in short interest to 13.42 million shares, or about 3.4% of Marvell’s float.

Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) short interest rose by 4% to 41.9 million shares, about 7.6% of the company’s float.

Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) saw short interest fall by 6% to 22.5 million shares, or 2.1% of the float.

Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) short interest rose 34.7% to 21.2 million shares, which is about 1.8% of the company’s float.

The Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) showed a drop of 6.1% in short interest to 9.27 million shares.

Short interest in Micron fell off a cliff in the latter two weeks of the month. Reports that DRAM prices are rising and demand is improving have given the company a real boost. Applied Materials was the other big short play, mostly following its announced merger with Tokyo Electron. The stock jumped to a 52-week high after the announcement and the shorts loved the play.